Disclaimer: I do not own the Legend of Zelda. Nintendo does. Duh.
Author's Note: Tell me if I am taking any of the other characters OOC. Not counting Link and Zelda I like the way I have portrayed them. However do inform me if I'm making Mido a little too much of a prick.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Eight: Saria's Song of Friendship
Gannondorf, the king of the Gerudos watched with sharp eyes as Link and Garen left the perimeter of Hyrule Castle. He wasn't sure what to think of a pair of children who happened to be talking to the princess, he was sure it wasn't a social call. He had already had trouble with that fool Darago who had just been sentenced to death and would soon be dead. But then again at least he had put the kingdom on it's toes, which was pretty funny to Gannodorf Dragmire.
His body guards stood with him, they were in reality his personal assistants in more ways than one. The one in blue was Kasumi and the one in the red was Akami, both were very skilled with their weapons and some of his better soldiers. He was worried however about that child with blond hair, those eyes and that face looked familiar in some way as if he had been a face worth remembering. Something worth being wary of, something, from the past. Gannon would have to keep an eye on him.
But Gannondorf's mission would soon be completed, all he had to do was wait for the right moment and to seize the seven spiritual stones of the seven races of Hyrule. Then he could finally quench his infinite thirst for power and authority. And he already knew where they were and how to get them.
The Gorons would soon have to offer any price for the extermination of those monsters in their caverns. Then he simply had to retrieve the next stones from the princess and her attendant. The Gerudo's stone was as good as his, all he had to do was defeat his best student, Nabooru in an official match. The Emerald was sure to be with that little fool of the Kokiri, Mido. He wasn't however sure how to get the Deku Moonstone which had been entrusted to somebody in Hyrule. The Saphire however would be difficult to get though.
But Gannondorf already had the trust of the king and his advisors, all he really needed was the trust of the queen who already respected him. He looked once again to the children as they walked out of Hyrule Castle Town and wondered "Kasumi! Ayami! I want both of you to keep your eye on them. I don't trust they are just friends." both of the female guards saluted, which was bringing a fist across their chests. Gannondorf nodded to them "Do it however you see fit. I have a date to attend in Zora's Domain." he said with a smirk before whistling out into the air. Then without warning he suddenly jumped from one of Hyrule Castle's many balconies landing on the back of a large and powerful black stallion that was plated with gerudo armor. He kicked it causing it to burst forward with amazing speed "Hiya! Go Endbringer!" he yelled as he took off away from the castle.
Link and Garen soon found themselves running through the field on their way back to Kokiri Forest. They had been lucky enough to catch a ride with a traveling merchant and were dropped off near the forest. This cut the trip in half. Link needed to tell Saria about all this, she was the favorite of the Great Deku Tree so she would have a good amount of knowledge on the spiritual stones. And Garen probably needed to stock up on supplies so he decided to go on with Link and meet this Saria girl. As the wise old bird said, he had to make many friends and allys to be successful in this quest. With this in his mind they headed into the forest.
Garen, of course had most of the weapons Link had, the only real difference is he lacked a slingshot and made up for it with throwing needles. Despite the fact it was supposed to be a toy, Garen said nothing as the new and improved Fairy Slingshot had a powerful charge function on it, the longer you held the seed the more powerful it would hit. He had already seen Link blow several Stalchildren into dust in the field.
Link slowly crossed the old wooden bridge leading back into Kokiri Forest wondering if he would ever have to return after this. Garen followed Link directly behind him rubbing a small cloth over his saber that he had retrieved from this very forest only a few days ago. Link turned to his friend "Okay. Your gonna stick out Garen so just keep your cool. And if you run into a Kokiri named Mido feel free to blow off any stress you have, he is just the local ass." Garen nodded he had grown up around his fair share of wannabe tough guys and bullies, that couldn't lift a finger to try and hurt him.
They walked into the forest, to Garen it was all dejavue as his red tunic that he had received from Goron City clashed with those of the Kokiri like an island in a sea of fire and flame. Or in this case a fire to a forest. Garen stayed close to Link knowing it wouldn't take long for everybody to notice he was from the outside. Suddenly somebody noticed Link, it was Terra one of the younger Kokiri "Everybody! Link's back!" she yelled. Everybody looked up from what they were doing and started over.
Garen brought his hand up to his sword now in it's scabard but Link grabbed his arm telling him he thought it was okay. Garen narrowed his eyes and lowered his hand but gripped a Deku Nut in his palm just in case. Navi flew under Link's cap not knowing what to expect "Link be careful. Mido may have been serious about his threats." Link's eyes shot open remembering just how starved for attention he could be and got ready for trouble.
Mido was suddenly ahead of the crowd and that settled it there was gonna be trouble, he pointed at him "There he is! The guy that killed the Deku Tree! Get him!" he yelled. Some of the Mido fans raised deku sticks and others held slingshots. Garen jumped out infront of Link ripping out his saber glareing at the group, he demanded that they stand back and they could tell he ment business as he aimed the sun's reflection of the blade over Mido's head which made him shiver.
Navi suddenly flew up glowing crimson red showing she was completely pissed "MIDO! What the hell is your problem. I already told you we helped the Deku Tree. But he was doomed before we even started." some of the Kokiri started to talk among one another until Terra stepped forward.
Meekly she spoke "Uh Mido. What real evidence do you have that Link did anything to the Great Deku Tree? Because the way the forest has become we can't be to sure." Mido was taken aback by this and started yelling at the small child "Shut up! Your not supposed to talk back to me!" he yelled causing her to become scared as she backed up. Link nodded to Garen who wanted to take a piece out of this little brat.
As Mido laughed at his crappy bullying he failed to notice Garen Sheikan approaching from behind with his sword drawn. Suddenly Mido was picked up by the back of his shirt causing him to choke, Garen threw him to the ground. Link walked over and helped Terra up while glaring at Mido. "What are you idiots waiting for?! I'm getting assaulted here!" the Kokiri however were beginning to disbelieve Mido and were busy questioning his leadership.
Link suddenly looked back and picked Mido up by his collar glaring into his eyes "You can believe whatever you want. But you know that if I planned to kill the Deku Tree he would have foreseen it and killed me. Your the leader of the Kokiri you know this as you often spoke with him." Garen nodded at this "The guardians can always see the intentions of their children and respective race." Mido was caught in a corner that he couldn't weasel out of to Link it was hilarious.
Garen groaned as he slammed his saber back in it's scabbard "We don't have time to play your pathetic little games. Now tell use where can we find Saria?" he asked this more as if he was demanding to know. Mido realizing what race he was spoke back "Okay she's in the Sacred Forest Meadow. Link should know the way by now." Link scoffed as he threw Mido back to the ground.
They both made their way up the hill to the north of the village and found the entrance to the ancient Lost Woods. Garen was a little skeptical about entering as he had heard of many travelers getting lost within the seemingly endless forest. Link told him not to worry as they started walking, careful to avoid the wrong turns that would lead into the Deku's patches. As they walked a strange song caused Garen's elven ears to perk up as it grew stronger. He put a hand on Link's shoulder to grab his attention. "You hear that. I think that's an ocarina." he said as he tried to identify the tune but came up short. Link smiled at this "Saria. She always plays in the Sacred Forest Meadow. Follow that song and it will lead us through the Lost Woods." Garen smiled and noted this.
Suddenly a voice came down from above "Very good boys. You're getting smarter and stronger as the days go by." they both looked up to see that same owl that had met them at Hyrule Castle. The owl turned slightly to the north "Yes that song will lead you to Saria just follow your ears and make your way there." with that he flew off in that direction. Link looked to Garen but noticed that he had already taken off.
The two young warriors followed the sounds of the unseen ocarina through the twist and turns of the ever changing Lost Woods. Suddenly they found themselves appear in the well hidden Sacred Forest Meadow, Garen was personally impressed. The meadow was very large and crawling with Deku Scrubs, but these were the friendly civilized ones. They even greeted Link and Garen offering them several items as this was better known as the Hyrulian Black Market.
Suddenly it hit Garen as he remembered what Impa had told them on the way out "She said that every civilized race of Hyrule has a spiritual stone, right? Deku Scrubs seem pretty civilized to me." Link asked what his point is anxious to know what he was going to do to find out.
Garen shrugged "Use your brain Link. Maybe one of these guys knows where it is." he looked across the valley filled with Deku Scrubs "I'm gonna speak with these guys. You speak with your friend, Saria. I'll be down here." Link nodded and started for the edge of the valley where there was a large fleet of steps leading up to a very large temple that Link had always wanted to enter but due to the fact the stairs were missing his chances of getting in were non-existant.
This was the Forest Temple where one of the ancient sages of Hyrule once lived, but that was over a millennium ago and it was empty and closed off, yet it remained a favorite location of many Kokiri. Then he spotted Saria looking radiant as ever with the forest spirits flying around her (those little lights that just float around the forest). She was playing the ocarina all right and she did it very professionally.
Link walked over to her calmly not wanting to disturb her concentration as she played the beautiful melody with her ocarina. She finished soon and looked up to see Link "I was expecting to see you here. Because somehow I knew you would return to see me after your visit to the castle." Link smiled as she finished speaking "Beautiful song Saria. What is it? I would like to know as it continually leads me to this place." he said slyly.
Saria blushed slightly as Link complemented her "It's the first song I wrote for the ocarina. I only teach it to my dearest friends but I guess you never had an instrument to learn it on. Want to play it with me, Link?" Link answered by pulling out the ivory ocarina that she had given to him. She smiled bringing her own light green ocarina to her lips "Try to follow this song." she said and played. Link copied her as if he knew the song already and they played the song together, this was a symbol of Saria's Friendship....Saria's Song.
Link put his ocarina away then heard clapping from behind him, he turned to see several forest monkeys who quickly disappeared. Link playfully bowed and turned back to Saria who stood up "Thanks. For helping me back in the market. So what exactly did the princess tell you about this quest your supposed to be on?" Link sighed and told her to sit down. He proceeded to tell her everything: The seven spiritual stones, Gannondorf Dragmire, the Deku Tree, the Triforce, his new friend Garen Sheikan, the Princess Zelda......everything there was to be told.
Saria couldn't believe what Link had been destined to do and sighed at this "Link Masters for once your into something you can't get out of. Don't let this guy get away with what he did." Link nodded and turned to leave "Be sure to play my song often. You can talk to me through the ocarina anytime you want." Link was impressed as Saria told him more such as the fact that it seems to have different effects on different races. Walking up to him she placed her hands on his shoulders "Please be careful." she then leaned forward kissing him sweetly on the cheek. They then hugged and they bid each other farewell.
Link Masters left his good friend that he had known forever and headed back down the long stairway with the song fresh in his mind. He could only wonder if Garen had found any useful information on the spiritual stones. Link found Garen leaning up against the wall with a hand placed over his face as he talked to a Deku Scrub. Garen asked again "Are you sure this girl had red hair and was from a ranch." he asked fearing who the scrub maybe talking about.
The deku scrub didn't like being interrogated and yelled back jumping out of his hole in the ground "Yes I'm sure. Basically she helped us find this area and we gave her the stone as a sign of respect but this woman had to be in her mid-forties and it was many years ago. I would believe her daughter would have it by now. Now are you gonna block me all day or are we gonna do business?" Garen sighed and walked away as he saw Link coming, ignoring the yell of 'rupee-pincher' from behind him.
Link asked his if he found anything out but Garen himself wasn't sure as he just looked at the ground "Lets go Link. We gotta pay a visit to Lon Lon Ranch. I think Malon may be connected in a way." Link remembered Malon from the market and knew that they had to thank her for getting them into the castle. Garen also noted that she could also fix them up with a place to stay if they ever needed to in an emergency.
Link looked at the sun seeing that it was getting dark but he had to scratch his plan for spending the night at Kokiri Village as Mido would sooner or later get a gang together to attack Link. Mido's strongest weakness is he could never admit that he was wrong. So Link decided that they would have to count on Malon's hospitality or they could always head back to Hyrule Castle Town but that was too far away.
Link and Garen returned to Link's House to clear it of all useful items, tools and money. They came up with a pair of grappeling hooks, some repelling equipment, a few books of matches, some extra blankets and a few Link had saved up and split it between one another. Garen found that it was all in prime condition and shoved most of it in the Sacred Realm.
Link grabbed a few of his tunics out of his dresser throwing a new one on and six others into the Sacred Realm. He managed to come across a red one and allowed Garen to wear that as he would need to change into something later on. With all of this done the two of them descended down the ladder and headed out of the forest.
A voice suddenly stopped them and they saw a small group of ten or more Kokiri standing there "Although some of the others won't like it we believe you. We're gonna investigate the Deku Tree and see if we can find any remains of a battle." said one of the know-it-all brothers. Garen shook his hand saying that he was honored to know the truth about the Kokiri. Link spoke "Look for any signs of burn marks and a blue light it will lead you out." he stated before the two left heading to Lon Lon Ranch.
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Next Chapter: Dropping in on Malon
Link and Garen make their way to Lon Lon Ranch to find a group of the Gerudos there. After settling the argument they are introduced to a pair of horses who she is considering to give away to respectful riders. But to earn the Spiritual Stone of Lightning Garen may just have to risk loseing a good friend.
Author's Note: Tell me if I am taking any of the other characters OOC. Not counting Link and Zelda I like the way I have portrayed them. However do inform me if I'm making Mido a little too much of a prick.
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Ocarina of Time: Rebirth
Chapter Eight: Saria's Song of Friendship
Gannondorf, the king of the Gerudos watched with sharp eyes as Link and Garen left the perimeter of Hyrule Castle. He wasn't sure what to think of a pair of children who happened to be talking to the princess, he was sure it wasn't a social call. He had already had trouble with that fool Darago who had just been sentenced to death and would soon be dead. But then again at least he had put the kingdom on it's toes, which was pretty funny to Gannodorf Dragmire.
His body guards stood with him, they were in reality his personal assistants in more ways than one. The one in blue was Kasumi and the one in the red was Akami, both were very skilled with their weapons and some of his better soldiers. He was worried however about that child with blond hair, those eyes and that face looked familiar in some way as if he had been a face worth remembering. Something worth being wary of, something, from the past. Gannon would have to keep an eye on him.
But Gannondorf's mission would soon be completed, all he had to do was wait for the right moment and to seize the seven spiritual stones of the seven races of Hyrule. Then he could finally quench his infinite thirst for power and authority. And he already knew where they were and how to get them.
The Gorons would soon have to offer any price for the extermination of those monsters in their caverns. Then he simply had to retrieve the next stones from the princess and her attendant. The Gerudo's stone was as good as his, all he had to do was defeat his best student, Nabooru in an official match. The Emerald was sure to be with that little fool of the Kokiri, Mido. He wasn't however sure how to get the Deku Moonstone which had been entrusted to somebody in Hyrule. The Saphire however would be difficult to get though.
But Gannondorf already had the trust of the king and his advisors, all he really needed was the trust of the queen who already respected him. He looked once again to the children as they walked out of Hyrule Castle Town and wondered "Kasumi! Ayami! I want both of you to keep your eye on them. I don't trust they are just friends." both of the female guards saluted, which was bringing a fist across their chests. Gannondorf nodded to them "Do it however you see fit. I have a date to attend in Zora's Domain." he said with a smirk before whistling out into the air. Then without warning he suddenly jumped from one of Hyrule Castle's many balconies landing on the back of a large and powerful black stallion that was plated with gerudo armor. He kicked it causing it to burst forward with amazing speed "Hiya! Go Endbringer!" he yelled as he took off away from the castle.
Link and Garen soon found themselves running through the field on their way back to Kokiri Forest. They had been lucky enough to catch a ride with a traveling merchant and were dropped off near the forest. This cut the trip in half. Link needed to tell Saria about all this, she was the favorite of the Great Deku Tree so she would have a good amount of knowledge on the spiritual stones. And Garen probably needed to stock up on supplies so he decided to go on with Link and meet this Saria girl. As the wise old bird said, he had to make many friends and allys to be successful in this quest. With this in his mind they headed into the forest.
Garen, of course had most of the weapons Link had, the only real difference is he lacked a slingshot and made up for it with throwing needles. Despite the fact it was supposed to be a toy, Garen said nothing as the new and improved Fairy Slingshot had a powerful charge function on it, the longer you held the seed the more powerful it would hit. He had already seen Link blow several Stalchildren into dust in the field.
Link slowly crossed the old wooden bridge leading back into Kokiri Forest wondering if he would ever have to return after this. Garen followed Link directly behind him rubbing a small cloth over his saber that he had retrieved from this very forest only a few days ago. Link turned to his friend "Okay. Your gonna stick out Garen so just keep your cool. And if you run into a Kokiri named Mido feel free to blow off any stress you have, he is just the local ass." Garen nodded he had grown up around his fair share of wannabe tough guys and bullies, that couldn't lift a finger to try and hurt him.
They walked into the forest, to Garen it was all dejavue as his red tunic that he had received from Goron City clashed with those of the Kokiri like an island in a sea of fire and flame. Or in this case a fire to a forest. Garen stayed close to Link knowing it wouldn't take long for everybody to notice he was from the outside. Suddenly somebody noticed Link, it was Terra one of the younger Kokiri "Everybody! Link's back!" she yelled. Everybody looked up from what they were doing and started over.
Garen brought his hand up to his sword now in it's scabard but Link grabbed his arm telling him he thought it was okay. Garen narrowed his eyes and lowered his hand but gripped a Deku Nut in his palm just in case. Navi flew under Link's cap not knowing what to expect "Link be careful. Mido may have been serious about his threats." Link's eyes shot open remembering just how starved for attention he could be and got ready for trouble.
Mido was suddenly ahead of the crowd and that settled it there was gonna be trouble, he pointed at him "There he is! The guy that killed the Deku Tree! Get him!" he yelled. Some of the Mido fans raised deku sticks and others held slingshots. Garen jumped out infront of Link ripping out his saber glareing at the group, he demanded that they stand back and they could tell he ment business as he aimed the sun's reflection of the blade over Mido's head which made him shiver.
Navi suddenly flew up glowing crimson red showing she was completely pissed "MIDO! What the hell is your problem. I already told you we helped the Deku Tree. But he was doomed before we even started." some of the Kokiri started to talk among one another until Terra stepped forward.
Meekly she spoke "Uh Mido. What real evidence do you have that Link did anything to the Great Deku Tree? Because the way the forest has become we can't be to sure." Mido was taken aback by this and started yelling at the small child "Shut up! Your not supposed to talk back to me!" he yelled causing her to become scared as she backed up. Link nodded to Garen who wanted to take a piece out of this little brat.
As Mido laughed at his crappy bullying he failed to notice Garen Sheikan approaching from behind with his sword drawn. Suddenly Mido was picked up by the back of his shirt causing him to choke, Garen threw him to the ground. Link walked over and helped Terra up while glaring at Mido. "What are you idiots waiting for?! I'm getting assaulted here!" the Kokiri however were beginning to disbelieve Mido and were busy questioning his leadership.
Link suddenly looked back and picked Mido up by his collar glaring into his eyes "You can believe whatever you want. But you know that if I planned to kill the Deku Tree he would have foreseen it and killed me. Your the leader of the Kokiri you know this as you often spoke with him." Garen nodded at this "The guardians can always see the intentions of their children and respective race." Mido was caught in a corner that he couldn't weasel out of to Link it was hilarious.
Garen groaned as he slammed his saber back in it's scabbard "We don't have time to play your pathetic little games. Now tell use where can we find Saria?" he asked this more as if he was demanding to know. Mido realizing what race he was spoke back "Okay she's in the Sacred Forest Meadow. Link should know the way by now." Link scoffed as he threw Mido back to the ground.
They both made their way up the hill to the north of the village and found the entrance to the ancient Lost Woods. Garen was a little skeptical about entering as he had heard of many travelers getting lost within the seemingly endless forest. Link told him not to worry as they started walking, careful to avoid the wrong turns that would lead into the Deku's patches. As they walked a strange song caused Garen's elven ears to perk up as it grew stronger. He put a hand on Link's shoulder to grab his attention. "You hear that. I think that's an ocarina." he said as he tried to identify the tune but came up short. Link smiled at this "Saria. She always plays in the Sacred Forest Meadow. Follow that song and it will lead us through the Lost Woods." Garen smiled and noted this.
Suddenly a voice came down from above "Very good boys. You're getting smarter and stronger as the days go by." they both looked up to see that same owl that had met them at Hyrule Castle. The owl turned slightly to the north "Yes that song will lead you to Saria just follow your ears and make your way there." with that he flew off in that direction. Link looked to Garen but noticed that he had already taken off.
The two young warriors followed the sounds of the unseen ocarina through the twist and turns of the ever changing Lost Woods. Suddenly they found themselves appear in the well hidden Sacred Forest Meadow, Garen was personally impressed. The meadow was very large and crawling with Deku Scrubs, but these were the friendly civilized ones. They even greeted Link and Garen offering them several items as this was better known as the Hyrulian Black Market.
Suddenly it hit Garen as he remembered what Impa had told them on the way out "She said that every civilized race of Hyrule has a spiritual stone, right? Deku Scrubs seem pretty civilized to me." Link asked what his point is anxious to know what he was going to do to find out.
Garen shrugged "Use your brain Link. Maybe one of these guys knows where it is." he looked across the valley filled with Deku Scrubs "I'm gonna speak with these guys. You speak with your friend, Saria. I'll be down here." Link nodded and started for the edge of the valley where there was a large fleet of steps leading up to a very large temple that Link had always wanted to enter but due to the fact the stairs were missing his chances of getting in were non-existant.
This was the Forest Temple where one of the ancient sages of Hyrule once lived, but that was over a millennium ago and it was empty and closed off, yet it remained a favorite location of many Kokiri. Then he spotted Saria looking radiant as ever with the forest spirits flying around her (those little lights that just float around the forest). She was playing the ocarina all right and she did it very professionally.
Link walked over to her calmly not wanting to disturb her concentration as she played the beautiful melody with her ocarina. She finished soon and looked up to see Link "I was expecting to see you here. Because somehow I knew you would return to see me after your visit to the castle." Link smiled as she finished speaking "Beautiful song Saria. What is it? I would like to know as it continually leads me to this place." he said slyly.
Saria blushed slightly as Link complemented her "It's the first song I wrote for the ocarina. I only teach it to my dearest friends but I guess you never had an instrument to learn it on. Want to play it with me, Link?" Link answered by pulling out the ivory ocarina that she had given to him. She smiled bringing her own light green ocarina to her lips "Try to follow this song." she said and played. Link copied her as if he knew the song already and they played the song together, this was a symbol of Saria's Friendship....Saria's Song.
Link put his ocarina away then heard clapping from behind him, he turned to see several forest monkeys who quickly disappeared. Link playfully bowed and turned back to Saria who stood up "Thanks. For helping me back in the market. So what exactly did the princess tell you about this quest your supposed to be on?" Link sighed and told her to sit down. He proceeded to tell her everything: The seven spiritual stones, Gannondorf Dragmire, the Deku Tree, the Triforce, his new friend Garen Sheikan, the Princess Zelda......everything there was to be told.
Saria couldn't believe what Link had been destined to do and sighed at this "Link Masters for once your into something you can't get out of. Don't let this guy get away with what he did." Link nodded and turned to leave "Be sure to play my song often. You can talk to me through the ocarina anytime you want." Link was impressed as Saria told him more such as the fact that it seems to have different effects on different races. Walking up to him she placed her hands on his shoulders "Please be careful." she then leaned forward kissing him sweetly on the cheek. They then hugged and they bid each other farewell.
Link Masters left his good friend that he had known forever and headed back down the long stairway with the song fresh in his mind. He could only wonder if Garen had found any useful information on the spiritual stones. Link found Garen leaning up against the wall with a hand placed over his face as he talked to a Deku Scrub. Garen asked again "Are you sure this girl had red hair and was from a ranch." he asked fearing who the scrub maybe talking about.
The deku scrub didn't like being interrogated and yelled back jumping out of his hole in the ground "Yes I'm sure. Basically she helped us find this area and we gave her the stone as a sign of respect but this woman had to be in her mid-forties and it was many years ago. I would believe her daughter would have it by now. Now are you gonna block me all day or are we gonna do business?" Garen sighed and walked away as he saw Link coming, ignoring the yell of 'rupee-pincher' from behind him.
Link asked his if he found anything out but Garen himself wasn't sure as he just looked at the ground "Lets go Link. We gotta pay a visit to Lon Lon Ranch. I think Malon may be connected in a way." Link remembered Malon from the market and knew that they had to thank her for getting them into the castle. Garen also noted that she could also fix them up with a place to stay if they ever needed to in an emergency.
Link looked at the sun seeing that it was getting dark but he had to scratch his plan for spending the night at Kokiri Village as Mido would sooner or later get a gang together to attack Link. Mido's strongest weakness is he could never admit that he was wrong. So Link decided that they would have to count on Malon's hospitality or they could always head back to Hyrule Castle Town but that was too far away.
Link and Garen returned to Link's House to clear it of all useful items, tools and money. They came up with a pair of grappeling hooks, some repelling equipment, a few books of matches, some extra blankets and a few Link had saved up and split it between one another. Garen found that it was all in prime condition and shoved most of it in the Sacred Realm.
Link grabbed a few of his tunics out of his dresser throwing a new one on and six others into the Sacred Realm. He managed to come across a red one and allowed Garen to wear that as he would need to change into something later on. With all of this done the two of them descended down the ladder and headed out of the forest.
A voice suddenly stopped them and they saw a small group of ten or more Kokiri standing there "Although some of the others won't like it we believe you. We're gonna investigate the Deku Tree and see if we can find any remains of a battle." said one of the know-it-all brothers. Garen shook his hand saying that he was honored to know the truth about the Kokiri. Link spoke "Look for any signs of burn marks and a blue light it will lead you out." he stated before the two left heading to Lon Lon Ranch.
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Next Chapter: Dropping in on Malon
Link and Garen make their way to Lon Lon Ranch to find a group of the Gerudos there. After settling the argument they are introduced to a pair of horses who she is considering to give away to respectful riders. But to earn the Spiritual Stone of Lightning Garen may just have to risk loseing a good friend.